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Square-Riggers and Sailing Craft 01
For well over five thousand years, sailing ships have carried the commerce of civilization to the far – and obscure – corners of the globe. And to some extent, this is still the case. Even today, small schooners still ply the reef-strewn archipelagos of the South Pacific. But in the first half of the last century, sailing ships were still big business. Carrying almost any cargo you can imagine, sailing ships required a smaller crew and could undertake long, or short, voyages at considerably less cost to the shipping line than coal-hungry steamers. Photographs of the port of Hamburg around 1910 show a veritable forest of masts belonging to three-masted cargo ships and clippers waiting to be unloaded. And during the “Dreadnought Era” almost any old picture of a dreadnought will have at least one sailing ship somewhere in view.
We have provided the following basic ships from the Era of Sail:
(1) A three-masted cargo barque.
(2) The brig Clara (sometimes referred to as a “lugger”).
(3) A schooner (under sail or at anchor).
(4) And a small sloop (both under sail and at anchor).
(5) The pack also includes a small “steam-powered lighter”.
These are beautifully detailed models and can be used in almost any time period. Sailing ships remained a work-horse of the shipping industry until the end of WW II, when war-surplus, oil-fired, Liberty ships became available at ridiculously low prices. In future, we hope to be able to bring you more models like these sailing beauties to allow a wider variety in your harbours.
How to use
This pack contains .SC4model-files and props as .SC4desc-files. So, by installing this pack nothing will directly appear in your game. You can use the props on your own lots or convert the SC4models into buildings, as you please. Since most props are to be used on water lots and props naturally align with the surface level, they will sink to the sea floor, if you do not stick to the guidelines on how to use props on water lots. Finally you will need to follow the instructions on how to make a lot transparent. You will find the props in any Lot-Editor under the prefix A_1P_h_
As per request from the community, I have also included a version of the ship without historic flags and crew.
Please visit @Dreadnought's CJ to get detailed descriptions and the historical backgrounds to these prop packs. You will see a wonderful display of the results of our long collaboration there and can get a preview of what might be hidden in the coming prop packs or simply get some inspiration for your own harbour!
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